Prior to Wednesday’s game, Mavericks guard Brandon Williams addressed the media with a statement apologizing for his arrest on a marijuana possession charge Saturday at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, relays Mike Curtis of The Dallas Morning News (Twitter link).
“I wanted to apologize, first and foremost,” Williams said. “Obviously, it’s an ongoing situation. I can’t really go further into detail about it, but I just want to apologize for being a distraction, especially at a time coming in 0-2. It wasn’t the ideal time at all, but I want to take full accountability. I want to take full responsibility and it’s time to move on now.”
In a full story for The Dallas Morning News (subscription required), Curtis, Kellen Bulger and Matt Kyle report that police were summoned by a TSA screener who said a black container with about 1.5 ounces of marijuana was found inside Williams’ suitcase.
Williams admitted it was his bag, but claimed his manager packed it and indicated he wasn’t aware of the contents. He was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana under two ounces. The Mavericks refused to comment on the situation.
The authors note that Williams missed the past two games for personal reasons, and an Instagram post reveals that he lost a close friend and former high school teammate to leukemia at the end of September.
Head coach Jason Kidd told reporters that Williams had been away from the team for a memorial service, Curtis adds (Twitter link).
“Going to a funeral for a friend’s passing and having that incident, that’s something that he has to deal with and we can only be here to support him,” Kidd said.
Now in his third year with Dallas, Williams is coming off a promising season where he saw extended minutes at point guard after Kyrie Irving was lost with a torn ACL. He averaged 8.3 points and 2.3 assists in 33 games to help the short-handed Mavs reach the play-in tournament and had his two-way contract converted to a standard deal in April.
Williams was kept on the roster for this season even though his $2.3MM contract only carried a $200K guarantee before opening night. It’s currently guaranteed at $850K until the league-wide guarantee date of January 10. He has made two brief appearances so far and has yet to score.
Should’ve kept DSJ
He shouldn’t be the one apologizing.
So his manager packs weed for him everywhere he goes?
Best manager ever!
Just legalize it already. It’s silly to slow down the court system over people carrying plants on them
But if they legalized it, how would the government pack their for-profit state prisons?
Unfortunately we’re well past the point of silly in this country.
Out here in la we have a weed store on pretty much every corner. Also weedmaps, eazy, etc. it sucks here but one thing that’s great is how much herb you have access to. Or just grow it (6 plants per person is legal :) )
Going through TSA with this amount of flower is just plain dumb. Bring a pen, bring some gummies, but trying to bring 1 1/2 oz of flower is going to get flagged every time.
that’s the extent he has to go through due to Texas not legalizing marijuana for recreational use..smoking flower is prob his preferred method over pen or gummies..It’s my preference
Why are you bringing shhh to the airport in Texas.
Wait so I can have open alcohol in my car, and even carry a gun but I can’t travel with personal use medication? Seems trivial.
Who said you can have an open container? Lol
My glove box said so.
Lmao
When I lived in Texas 25 years ago, I actually had a drive through liquor store in my neighborhood. Seems kinda silly to enforce marijuana laws in that context, but whatever Texas.
There’s a drive through liquor store down the street from me here in Georgia. And we will be one of the last to legalize Mary Jane fully.
Why weed is illegal is beyond me. Focus on serious s**t and stopping murder!
The devils lettuce will kill you!!!
It’s 2025. Marijuana should be legal. I never heard anyone dying on it, has anyone else? Lmao
Nope nobody has ever died off just weed. It’s impossible you would pass out before you got to that point
Perhaps choking on an edible as a rare case, but yea nobody dying from marijuana use.
2025 and we’re still arresting dudes for weed?
The good news for him was his play in last night’s game. 20 pts on 64% shooting 7 reb 2 ast and a blk, +3
Addicted to weed!? Boo this man ;D